gender gap

Gender Pay Disparities Begin With Job Search: Study

The study shows women are more likely to accept job offers early while men tend to hang out for greater income. The study's authors found that women, on average, accepted positions about one month earlier than their male counterparts.

May 06, 2023, 14:33 PM IST

NGO MukkaMaar launches self-defence platform for women, study shows stark gender gap in India

The group highlighted the extremely deteriorating position of India in terms of gender gap, making it the third-worst performing country in South Asia.

Oct 12, 2021, 17:56 PM IST

#WhyTheGap: Twinkle, Akshay raise concern over gender gap among kids

The Bollywood couple of Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna has urged people to impart education to children, sharing their stories on how education helped them in achieving success.

Aug 20, 2019, 20:30 PM IST

India ranks 108th in World Economic Forum gender gap index 2018

While India has many challenges as it ranks 142nd out of 149 countries in the economic opportunity and participation subindex, it also has a few achievements.

Dec 19, 2018, 10:09 AM IST

Another 170 years before women are paid as much as men: Gender gap index

Efforts to close gender gaps in pay and workforce participation slowed so dramatically in the past year that men and women may not reach economic equality for another 170 years, the World Economic Forum said on Tuesday.

Oct 26, 2016, 18:11 PM IST

Economic gap between women and men could take 170 years to close: WEF

The economic gender gap could take 170 years to close after progress towards parity between the sexes suffered "a dramatic slowdown", the World Economic Forum (WEF) said in a report on Wednesday.

Oct 26, 2016, 17:22 PM IST

After gaffe, Microsoft board to look at gender pay gap, male culture

He later said he was wrong, but the damage was done, reinforcing the view that Microsoft - and the tech industry generally - is a boys` club. 

Oct 11, 2014, 13:15 PM IST